Friends To The End

Historical marker location:

219 East Woodlawn Street, Clinton, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from East Woodlawn Street east of North Monroe Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2008

Looking for Lincoln

Audiobooks about the history of Illinois.

The world's first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building, was built in Chicago in 1884. It was only 10 stories tall, but it was the first building to use a steel frame to support its weight, which allowed it to be much taller than traditional buildings made of brick or stone.